Red Bull fastest as last F1 test gets under way
BARCELONA, Spain -- Mark Webber was fastest Thursday as the last Formula One test before the start of the new season gets under way.
The Red Bull driver set a best lap time of 1 minute, 21.487 seconds around the Circuit de Catalunya -- nearly a second faster than Nico Hulkenberg of Williams.
Nico Rosberg of Mercedes GP, Sauber's Pedro De la Rosa and Jenson Button of McLaren were the only other drivers within two seconds of the Australian driver.
Tonio Liuzzi of Force India was sixth while Fernando Alonso of Ferrari was seventh as the Spaniard was sidetracked by a mechanical problem.
Virgin Racing's problematic start continued as Lucas di Grassi ran into the tire wall near the close of the morning session to end the team's running for the day.
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